Malika Boukbout has worked with the US Peace Corps since 2001 – as a Language and Cultural Facilitator, Trainer, Home-stay Coordinator, Certified Language Tester, Health Liaison, Training Assistant, and more. She taught literacy classes for women in Errachidia and went to the US as a translator with the Moroccan Women Caravan Project in New Orleans, where she also worked as a Cultural Facilitator. She has a BA from Meknes University Moulay Ismail.